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ATTAGHMENT FOR RAILWAY CARS.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN H. \VILLIAMS, OF ALBION, NEYV YORK.

ATTACH M ENT FOR RAI LWAY-CARS.

SPECIFICATION IOIming part of Letters Patent NO. 388,100, dated August21, 1888.

Application filed December 19, 1887. Serial No. 258,394.

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN H. WILLIAMS, of Albion, in the county ofOrleans and State of New York, have invented a certain new and usefulImprovement in Attachments for Railroad-Oars; and I do hereby declarethat the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same,reference being bad to the drawings accompanying this specification.

My improvement consists of extensible attachments to railroad-cars,capable of being folded in compact form at the sides of the cars and ofbeing extended and forming an inclosure to the cars at stations when thecars are at rest, so as to prevent ingress to the cars, except at agateway formed at the outer ends of the extensions. At large andpopulous stations the tracks at the passenger-depots are usuallyinclosed by a permanent fence or railing. At small stations this isfrequently impracticable, and the object of my invention is to combinewith the cars extensible sections which can be stretched out, forming aV, inclosing the entrances to the cars,the whole constructed, arranged,and operating as hereinafter more fully described.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a diagram showing a plan view of a train ofcars minus the locomotive, tender, and baggage-car, and exhibiting theappliances which constitute my invention, the same being extended toinclose the entrances to the cars. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of aportion of one of the cars, showing the appliance folded in place at theside of the car. Fig. 3 is an enlarged elevation of a portion of theextensible fence. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the joint at the endof the fence that is attached to the car. Fig. 5 is a perspective Viewof the supporting standard or foot at the outer end ofthe fence.

A, B, and C, Fig. 1, indicate three passenger-cars of arailway-train,which are of ordinary construction.

My improvement is as follows: D D are sections of extensible fence, madein the form of lazy-tongs, consisting of bars a a, crossing each otherin angular direction and pivoted at the ends and in the center, as shownin Fig. 3. These bars when folded close up in very compact form andoccupy but little space. YVhen extended, they occupy a good deal oflength. Four of these sections are attached to each (No model.)

car, two on each side and near the ends, but back of the platforms andsteps of the car. At one end they are hung to the car by suitablejoints, so as to be capable of being swung around like a gate. One formofjoint is shown in Fig. 4, in which I) is the part to which the barsare attached and c is the socket that turns horizontally on a hook, (I,forming part of a spider, k, attached to the under side of the car, saidhook forming the permanent knuckle of the hinge. By this means thesection can be swung around like a gate. The part b is hinged to c by apivot, f, so as to turn vertically. By this means the outer end of theextensible section can be raised. The outer end of the section D has ahook, that catches on a catch, m. The catch m forms part of a portablestandard, L, having three fcet,p p p, atthe bottom, by which it isself-supporting, and a hook, r, at the top, by which it can be hungunder the car when not in use. In use,the train-man takes the support inhand and carries it out where the fence is to be extended and hooks theend of the fence to it, by which means the outer end of the fence isself-supporting. Vhen hung in place and folded up, these sections restat the side of the car and occupy the vertical space between the bottomof the car and the ground, but raised from the ground, so as not to comein contact with any obstacle.

The operation is as follows: Vhen not in use, the sections are foldedup, as above described, and are out of the way. On arrival at a stationthe front door of the front car and the rear door of the rear car arelocked. The rear section D of the front car and the front section D ofthe rear car are then extended out in V form, as indicated in Fig. 1,entrance only being left at the apex. This work is done by thetrain-men. This inclosure covers the entrance to all of the platformsopen to the cars, and passengers can reach the cars only through suchinclosure. The extensible sections can be made long enough to meet intrains of any usual length. Three cars are shown in the drawings; but itis applicable to a greater number. In trains of Very great length two ormore of the Vs may be formed, the doors being locked between the VS.

Another use of the extensible sections is to close the exit between thecars on one side One of the sections while the other is in use.

D at the end of one of the cars is swung round Having described myinvention,what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,1s-

1. The combination, with two or more cars of a railway-train, ofextensible sections of fence attached, respectively, at the sides of thecars and capable of being extended outward in V form, to inclose theentrance to said cars, in the manner and for the purpose specified.

2. The combination, with a railroad-car, of a section of extensiblefence composed of pivoted bars in the form of lazy-tongs, with pivotedlinks connecting the tops and center of the bars, as and for the purposespecified.

3. The combination,with the extensible sections D of fence having a.hook, g, at their outer ends, of the portable standard L,provided withfeet,to be self-supporting,and with a catch to receive the hook g, asand for the purpose specified.

In witness whereof I have hereunto signed my name in the presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

JOHN H. WILLIAMS.

Witnesses:

B. F. OSGOOD, P. A. OosTIoH.

